我的女兒快二十歲了。

My daughter is in her late teens.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=2 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=2 的 dí really and truly
=2 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=3 女兒 nǚér daughter
=3 女兒 nǚ'ér
  1. (Wenzhounese) girl
  2. daughter
  3. girl
  4. woman
  5. young woman; unmarried young woman
4 快 kuài
  1. rapid
  2. quick
  3. speed
  4. rate
  5. soon
  6. almost
  7. to make haste
  8. clever
  9. sharp (of knives or wits)
  10. forthright
  11. plainspoken
  12. gratified
  13. pleased
  14. pleasant
5 二十 èrshí twenty; 20
6 歲 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào